Mga Bilang 13
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Nagsugo ng Labindalawang Espiya sa Canaan(A)
13 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, 2 “Pumili ka ng isa sa mga kinikilalang pinuno ng bawat lipi at isugo mo sila upang manmanan ang Canaan, ang lupaing ibibigay ko sa inyo.” 3-15 Ganoon nga ang ginawa ni Moises. Kaya't mula sa ilang ng Paran, isinugo niya ang mga sumusunod na pinuno upang magmanman:
Lipi | Pinuno |
---|---|
Ruben | Samua na anak ni Zacur |
Simeon | Safat na anak ni Hori |
Juda | Caleb na anak ni Jefune |
Isacar | Igal na anak ni Jose |
Efraim | Oseas na anak ni Nun |
Benjamin | Palti na anak ni Rafu |
Zebulun | Gadiel na anak ni Sodi |
Manases | Gadi na anak ni Susi |
Dan | Amiel na anak ni Gemali |
Asher | Setur na anak ni Micael |
Neftali | Nahabi na anak ni Vapsi |
Gad | Geuel na anak ni Maqui |
16 Sila ang isinugo ni Moises upang maging espiya sa Canaan; si Oseas na anak ni Nun ay tinawag niyang Josue. 17 Bago lumakad ang mga espiya, sila'y pinagbilinan ni Moises, “Sa Negeb kayo dumaan saka magtuloy sa kaburulan. 18 Pag-aralan ninyong mabuti ang lupain. Tingnan ninyo kung malalakas o mahihina ang mga tao roon, kung marami o kakaunti. 19 Tingnan ninyo kung mainam o hindi ang lupa, at kung may matitibay na muog o wala ang mga bayang tinitirhan ng mga tao roon. 20 Tingnan din ninyo kung mataba ang mga bukirin doon o hindi, at kung maraming punongkahoy o wala. Lakasan ninyo ang inyong loob. At pagbalik ninyo, magdala kayo ng ilang bungangkahoy mula roon.” Noon ay panahon ng pagkahinog ng ubas.
21 Pagdating sa Canaan, tiningnan ng mga espiya ang lupain mula sa ilang ng Zin hanggang sa Rehob, sa malapit sa Pasong Hamat. 22 Umahon sila ng Negeb at nakarating ng Hebron at doo'y natagpuan nila ang mga angkan nina Ahiman, Sesai at Talmai. Ang mga ito'y mula sa lahi ni Anac. (Ang Hebron ay pitong taon nang lunsod bago ang Zoan sa Egipto.) 23 Pagdating nila sa kapatagan ng Escol, kumuha sila ng isang buwig ng ubas na pinasan ng dalawang tao. Nanguha rin sila ng bunga ng punong granada at igos. 24 Ang lugar na iyon ay tinawag nilang Escol[a] dahil sa malaking buwig ng ubas na nakuha nila roon.
25 Pagkaraan ng apatnapung araw, umuwi na ang mga espiya 26 at humarap kina Moises, Aaron at sa buong bayang Israel na natitipon noon sa Paran, sakop ng Kades. Iniulat nila ang kanilang nakita at ipinakita ang mga uwi nilang bungangkahoy. 27 Ang sabi nila, “Pinag-aralan namin ang lupain at natuklasan naming ito'y mayaman at masagana sa lahat ng bagay. Katunayan ang bungangkahoy na kinuha namin doon. 28 Ngunit malalakas ang mga tagaroon. Malalaki ang lunsod at matitibay ang mga pader. Bukod dito, naroon din ang mga lahi ng higante. 29 Sakop ng mga Amalekita ang Negeb. Ang kaburulan ay tinitirhan naman ng mga Heteo, Jebuseo at Amoreo. Mga Cananeo naman ang nasa baybay-dagat at sa tabi ng Ilog Jordan.”
30 Subalit pinatahimik ni Caleb ang mga taong-bayan na nagrereklamo na noon kay Moises. Sinabi ni Caleb, “Hindi tayo dapat mag-aksaya ng panahon. Lusubin na natin sila sapagkat kaya natin silang gapiin.”
31 Ngunit sumagot ang ibang espiyang kasama niya, “Hindi natin sila kaya sapagkat mas malakas sila kaysa atin.” 32 Hindi maganda ang kanilang ulat tungkol sa lupaing pinasiyasat sa kanila. Ito ang sinabi nila, “Malalaking tao ang nakatira doon at sinumang magtangkang sumakop sa kanila ay lalamunin nila. 33 Nakita(B) namin doon ang mga higante. Sila ay mula sa lahi ni Anac. Mga tipaklong lamang kami kung ihahambing sa kanila.”
Footnotes
- 24 ESCOL: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang kahulugan ng salitang ito ay “buwig ng ubas”.
Numbers 13
New International Version
Exploring Canaan
13 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send some men to explore(A) the land of Canaan,(B) which I am giving to the Israelites.(C) From each ancestral tribe(D) send one of its leaders.”
3 So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.(E) 4 These are their names:
from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;
5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;(F)
7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;(G)
9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16 These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore(H) the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun(I) the name Joshua.)(J)
17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan,(K) he said, “Go up through the Negev(L) and on into the hill country.(M) 18 See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? 20 How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.(N)” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)(O)
21 So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin(P) as far as Rehob,(Q) toward Lebo Hamath.(R) 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,(S) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,(T) the descendants of Anak,(U) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)(V) 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[a](W) they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates(X) and figs.(Y) 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25 At the end of forty days(Z) they returned from exploring the land.(AA)
Report on the Exploration
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh(AB) in the Desert of Paran.(AC) There they reported to them(AD) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.(AE) 27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey!(AF) Here is its fruit.(AG) 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.(AH) We even saw descendants of Anak(AI) there.(AJ) 29 The Amalekites(AK) live in the Negev; the Hittites,(AL) Jebusites(AM) and Amorites(AN) live in the hill country;(AO) and the Canaanites(AP) live near the sea and along the Jordan.(AQ)”
30 Then Caleb(AR) silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”(AS) 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report(AT) about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours(AU) those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.(AV) 33 We saw the Nephilim(AW) there (the descendants of Anak(AX) come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers(AY) in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.
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